HARARE – Family of God Church founder and leader Andrew Wutawunashe has described Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as the midwife of the new dispensation. Chiwenga, 62, led the military takeover in Zimbabwe in November 2017 that toppled long-ruling despot Robert Mugabe. Introducing Chiwenga at a national prayer at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair grounds in…
January ED visits sick Tsvangirai Apart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of several former government mandarins who were loyal to former president Robert Mugabe such as Samuel Undenge and Walter Chidakwa, on allegations of abuse of office. February …
HARARE – A phoenix is believed “to be a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle”. Companies that are wound up and then resurrected through formation of…
HARARE – Is the doctors’ strike about their conditions of service or the state of the health sector? The correct answer is both. I will briefly state the structural issues in the health sector then conditions of service for health workers (not just doctors). Let us not defend this government which has failed in its…
HARARE – As we say goodbye to 2018, the Daily News on Sunday reflects on some stories that grabbed newspaper headlines and dominated social media. Below are some of the highlights. Mukanya’s return to Harare After spending 14 solid years in United States, Chimurenga music icon Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo surprised many after he agreed to…
HARARE – The $1,132 billion allocated to the Primary and Secondary Education ministry will bankroll teacher training in local languages, and fund rural education and development, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. This was after lawmakers had raised queries about the arrested development in rural schools. Ncube said the education sector received the highest allocation…
HARARE – As the broke Zimbabwean government seeks to seize every cent it can lay its hands on, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will tax specific classes of donations to beef up the fiscus. The tax collector said even though donations are not incurred for the purposes of trade or in the production of income,…
HARARE – The cash-strapped government has amended the Finance Bill to enable it to tax foreign satellite service providers such as Multichoice. Parliament has acceded to the amendment of Section 14 of the Income Tax Act so that fees and charges that are paid to foreign satellite service providers are deemed as income sourced from…
HARARE – A number of high profile celebrities appeared at the courts in 2018 for one reason or the other. Below are some of the personalities that were brought to the courts. Soul Jah Love Dancehall music star Soul Jah Love made a late entry into the hands of the police after a scuffle with…
HARARE – Since time immemorial marriage has always obligated a woman to move into theman’s home, have children and stay at home while her husband provides for the family. This traditional concept of marriage is now under threat. Thanks to the reversal of gender roles, women are increasingly becoming family breadwinners. Not surprisingly, men, who…
